Adulticidal, ovicidal and repellent potencies of Alchornea cordifolia (Schum. and Thonn.) in the management of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) [PDF]
Arthropods, 2023 Malaria, which is transmitted by the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, has long been a major public health concern in the tropics. Chemicals used to control A. gambiae have caused significant harm to the environmental and non-target organisms.
Charles Kwesi Koomson
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Biology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry, 2023 This study evaluated the effectiveness of successive hexane, chloroform, and methanol extracts of Alangium salviifolium roots in combating mosquito-borne diseases caused by Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoe in India.
Alex Yagoo +2 more
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Agronomy, 2021 Plant essential oils may serve as safe alternatives to detrimental synthetic pesticides due to relatively lower side effects on the environment and non-targeted organisms.
B. Valizadeh +4 more
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Of lice and math: using models to understand and control populations of head lice [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper we use detailed data about the biology of the head louse (pediculus humanus capitis) to build a model of the evolution of head lice colonies.
Laguna, María Fabiana +1 more
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Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2017 Paraeucosmetus pallicornis (Dallas) is a new pest in Indonesia which decreases rice production and quality. This pest causes the grains to become flat, hollow, brownish, break easily when milled, and bitter.
Sjam Sylvia +5 more
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Testing albendazole resistance in Fasciola hepatica: validation of an egg hatch test with isolates from South America and the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2013 The main goal of the current work was to develop and validate an in vitro fluke egg hatch test, as a method for the detection of albendazole (ABZ) resistance in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. Fluke eggs (200/ml, n ¼ 5) from six different isolates
Alvarez, Luis Ignacio +10 more
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Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2021 Aedes aegypti is a vector of emerging and neglected diseases, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. Helicteres velutina, known as “pitó” in Brazil, is traditionally used as an insect repellent, and several studies have demonstrated its larvicidal ...
D. Fernandes +5 more
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CONTROL OF INFECTIVE LARVAE OF COMMON NEMATODE PARASITES OF DOMESTIC RUMINANTS* ASSESSMENT OF OVICIDAL PROPERTY OF CERTAIN FERTILIZERS [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2002 The ovicidal property of four fertilizers such as urea, ammonium sulphate, quick lime and ash at 1, 2.5 and 5 per cent strengths was studies both in faecal culture as well as in egg culture. In faecal culture, urea and ammonium sulphate had 100 per cent
N. Jeya Thilakan, V. Sathianesan
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The Use of Pythium oligandrum in the Biological Control of Roundworm Infection in Dogs and Cats
Pathogens, 2022 Pythium oligandrum is an oomycete used in veterinary medicine to treat dermatophytosis in animals. The ovicidal potential against various types of parasite eggs has not been investigated.
Iasmina Luca +5 more
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Potential community-based control by use of plastic film to block aedes aegypti (L.) egg adhesion [PDF]
, 2013 . Monitoring and control programs for yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.), usually do not focus on the egg as a potential target for control. The egg is the most numerous life stage but is invisible to conventional inspection by a sticky pad that ...
Achee, Nicole L. +8 more
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